Questions tagged [window-placement]
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Shortcut for windows resizing and placement
I use two wide monitors for working and I find very useful using the edge screen for resizing and placing my windows (I just drag my windows to the left edge and it is resized and placed in the left half of the monitor)
This way I can visualize 4…
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Advanced window placement
TLDR I'm looking for a ubuntu replacement of windowpad
I know window placement can be defined with Ctrl-Alt-Numpad# and Ctrl-Super-arrow But those are not sufficent. I do have CompizConfig > Cycle Through Multiple Sizes
But I want to assign a hotkey…
janw
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How to move a window if titlebar is overlapped by Ubuntu menu
okey i know this is a duplicate of: How to move a window if titlebar is overlapped by Ubuntu menu
but some smuck wouldn't let me comment, so i had to start a new question.
all the proposed answers using Alt work, but are temporarily! is there a…
Nijboer IT
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Place Compiz Static Application Switcher always on a certain monitor
variants of this question have been asked, namely, how to place the switcher on both monitors when using compiz and when using Unity, neither are possible from what I see.
Having it on both monitors would be great but I would also be happy to have…
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Ubuntu 17.10 - what program to use for window position memory (maximized, X,Y positions)
CompizConfig doesn't seem to work anymore.
I used ccsm to open terminal at a default size 80x20 and at (X100, Y1000) ~ is there an alernative to set default windows placement properties than ccsm? Also, for example, I used to have ccsm…
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What window managers remember window position?
What, if any WMs do remember window position (location, size, etc.)?
(I know this is an opinionated topic so I'm only asking what WMs, not why or why not to do it :) )
If it matters, I'm running 16.04.
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How to remap default unity window placement shortcuts
I'm using Google Docs quite often, and love the ability to change styles quickly by using
Ctrl + Alt + NumPad shortcut.
However, with Unity this system shortcut is already used for Window placement. Is there a way to change this ?
I already had a…
Mat
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Windows "jumping" between monitors when scale plugin used
I have two monitors. I am very particular as to which window goes to which monitor (e.g. Firefox always on the left side; terminals on other workspaces always maximized on the left monitor; R graphics always on the right monitor etc.).
I use the…
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Cannot move windows side-by-side join after updating 20.04
After updating to Ubuntu 20.04 I'm not able anymore to set 2 windows side by side (left and right) and change their percent of the screen while moving the join (in the middle)
This was possible in previous version like Ubuntu 19.10. Maybe they…
Johnny Johnny
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Why does Ubuntu not allow keyboard shortcuts for snapping windows horizontally?
In 19.10, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Ubuntu Mate and Xubuntu all have the ability to make a window occupy the upper half or the lower half of the screen using Meta+Up and Meta+Down respectively. But Ubuntu 19.10, out of the box, doesn't: instead, Meta+Up and…
DK Bose
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PyCharm Community Edition won't display in Ubuntu 18.04
I installed PyCharm Community Edition via Ubuntu Software Center, and when I try to open the application it indicates that PyCharm is open and I can see the window when I hover over the icon, but it won't display on the desktop in full view. I have…
Blake Enyart
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Window placement on two monitors in 12.04
I have two monitors and recently moved from 10.04 to 12.04. In 10.04, any new window was placed on the monitor that my mouse pointer was located, so if I wanted to have a terminal open on the left side, I moved my mouse pointer to the monitor on the…
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How to start Thunderbird on specific desktop
I start a number of applications when I log in, on different desktops. This works well, except that Thunderbird refuses to move from desktop 1. To do this, I have used the extension Auto Move Windows, but it won't move Thunderbird. Failing that, I…
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